workstation — English Dictionary

Noun

1. A desktop computer, normally more powerful than a normal PC and often dedicated to a specific task, such as graphics.

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   All train movements on the Far North Line have been controlled by a Radio Electronic Token Block workstation at Inverness since 1995, having already been introduced on the Kyle Line some 11 years earlier.

2. An area, at a workplace, for a single worker.

   Synonyms

   workspace

   Broader terms

   stationareaplace

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   Holonyms: workplace, workstead

   Near-synonym: workspace

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   Lamb ignored her, surveying her team instead, who were at their own or each other's workstations, and engrossed in their current tasks, and studying every move he made.

Noun

1. a desktop digital computer that is conventionally considered to be more powerful than a microcomputer

   Broader terms

   digital computer